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Why Your Email Address Might Be Costing You Clients<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the United States alone, 9.7 billion emails<\/a> are sent daily. With this being the case, it\u2019s no wonder that 59% of B2B marketers<\/a> say email is their most effective channel for generating revenue. This opportunity simply cannot be overlooked for businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if you spend hours crafting the perfect subject line and copy, potential clients may look elsewhere if you have an unprofessional email address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we\u2019ll discuss why your email address is so important and how it might put your business at risk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Your Business Email Address Matters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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When prospective clients get in touch for the first time, your email response significantly contributes to their first impression of your brand<\/a>. If this email is sent from an unprofessional address lacking credibility, they may see red flags immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same way you wouldn\u2019t attend a meeting in your workout gear or make handwritten business cards<\/a>, you should not be sending emails from your personal account. This takes a lot of legitimacy out of business communication and can instantly make you appear less reputable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Receiving an email from a generic email can also leave recipients wondering if the email is part of a scam. If the business name is not included in the domain, it can appear as if it\u2019s not part of a legitimate business and even risk being flagged as spam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since your email address acts as a part of your brand identity<\/a>, it should clearly contain the name of your business to reinforce your professionalism and ensure every interaction keeps your brand in their memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 Reasons Your Email Address Could Be Costing You Clients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although something as small as an email domain may not seem like a significant concern from a business perspective, it can be enough to make potential clients think twice about going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are four of the most common flaws among business email addresses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Your email address doesn\u2019t match your website<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you look through your inbox for emails a business sends, you will likely find that they all have an email address matching their website domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you can see below, this email marketing campaign to advertise an upcoming webinar was sent by Ahrefs. The sender was from Andrei, the host of the webinar, and the email address (andrei.tit@ahrefs.com) maintains a tidy format that aligns with the website domain to create consistency<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Choosing to use an email address that doesn\u2019t align with your website can create confusion and leave recipients wondering if the email is legitimate. This can leave them not wanting to reply if the message is not genuine, and it also risks them being flagged as spam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. The free domain looks unprofessional<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Many of us have personal accounts with one of the leading email providers, Gmail<\/a>, Hotmail<\/a>, or Yahoo<\/a>. Although these are perfectly respectable and convenient for individual accounts, they don\u2019t have the same impact on business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are communicating with a business and considering their services, imagine getting email responses from domains that look like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

theirname@gmail.com<\/em> or comapnyname@hotmail.co.uk<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You would instantly be left wondering if the business is as reputable as you were first led to think. It could make it appear like they are just starting or running the company on the side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having these doubts in the early stages of communication can be a massive deterrent for prospective clients and leave your business struggling to sign up new clients from the outset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Your email address is hard to remember<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Even if you have invested in a custom domain, you are not instantly clear about it. One thing to consider when choosing an email address is how easy it will be for clients to find you in their inbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many businesses fall into the trap of wanting to cram as much information about their brand as possible into their domain to get their name out there. Having a lengthy email address is hard for people to remember, and your employees will definitely not thank you either!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine you receive an email from the email address below. Even though it contains a branded domain name<\/a>, the first part is messy and instantly looks unprofessional. Plus, if a client wants to send them an email down the line, how are they expected to find the email address when running a search in their inbox?<\/p>\n\n\n

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4. Every colleague has a different email address<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Although this may sound like a given, bear with us! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maintaining consistency among email addresses within a team helps create an organised and professional brand image. It also looks good and makes it easy for clients and colleagues to communicate with each other since they can follow the chosen email format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, if three people within a business have the following email addresses, there are likely to be more mistakes made when people try to contact them, resulting in lost communication and frustration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n